Cara is a specialist work health and safety lawyer with 15+ years’ experience helping businesses and leaders manage WHS risk and liability. She has advised on 160+ incidents involving fatalities, serious injuries and psychosocial hazards. Cara represents clients in regulatory investigations, prosecutions and coronial inquiries. Cara helps Boards and leaders translate officer due diligence into practical governance and decision-making. She also delivers practical, interactive training for managers and supervisors on what psychosocial hazard obligations mean for day-to-day leadership and people management. Clients value Cara for making WHS issues clear and manageable — helping leaders make better decisions, strengthen systems and create safer workplaces.

Anthony is the Director of Glasshouse Consulting and a trusted advisor on the design and delivery of operational risk and safety management practices to many tier one companies across a variety of high hazard industries. Anthony is widely regarded as a Thought Leader in the operationalising of fatality critical controls and a key contributor to the mining industries approach to preventing fatalities. He recently led the significant review and updating of the Critical Control Management Good Practice Guide for the ICMM. Prior to starting Glasshouse Consulting Anthony worked for Rio Tinto where he held several roles overseeing group programs relating to risk management, systems and assurance, including the design and deployment of their HSE Strategic Risk, Critical Risk Management and Process Safety Management programs. Prior to Rio Tinto, Anthony worked for Qest Consulting and GHD, and part of a team who leveraged their experience in working with oil, gas and chemical companies to help major mining companies gain a better understanding of their major hazards and shift their focus towards the effectiveness of risk controls. Anthony is passionate about ensuring the safety systems and leadership practices support the safe and efficient execution of work at the front line.

Waeel Ilahi is an experienced mining engineer with more than 25 years’ experience across the Australian mining industry, with a career spanning underground mining operations, mine management, safety regulation and investigations. Drawing on experience from both mining operations and regulation, Waeel brings a practical perspective to mine safety, risk management and the challenges of translating safety systems and regulatory requirements into effective controls in the field.

Alex is a seasoned management consultant that has worked across a diverse array of high-risk industries in Europe, Asia, and Australia. His background spans petrochemical, manufacturing, transport, oil and gas, agriculture, utilities and mining sectors. He has led safety improvement initiatives across many key areas from serious injury prevention, leadership and governance, and workforce development. Alex holds a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, Bachelor of Science, and an MBA from Monash University. His education and professional experience provide a unique perspective on safety and risk management.

Peter works in high hazard industries including mining, oil and gas and chemical processing. In the UK he helped introduce safety cases following the Piper Alpha disaster (1988). Major incident investigations include BP Macondo/Deepwater Horizon disaster with the US Chemical Safety Board (2010) and many fires, explosions and fatal accidents. With ICMM he helped develop critical control guidance (2015) and a revised edition (2026). With this experience he helps companies improve their operational performance including safety. Peter sits on the Australian Government’s, Nuclear Safety Committee and the editorial board of the American Chemical Society’s, Chemical Safety Journal.

Rodo has more than 35 years of experience across mining, oil and gas, safety and operations in Australia and overseas. He began his career as an underground operator in Western Australia in the early 1990s and has since progressed through operational, management and corporate leadership roles, now serving in a global leadership role with Thiess. Passionate about making workplaces safer every day, Rodo leads the Thiess Group’s global approach to Safety, Health and Security. He works with the Executive Leadership Team and operational leaders to strengthen these critical functions across the business.